| Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2002 opens in Courchevel (FRA) |
The Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating series opens its sixth season with the event starting in Courchevel (FRA) today and running until Sunday, August 25, 2002.
The full list of entries is attached and final results of the competition are directly available from the ISU internet site on http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/0203/jgp0203details.html. This season 50 ISU Members have announced their participation in the Junior Grand Prix series.
A total of 59 junior skaters from 15 Member Federations are competing in Courchevel, which is the first of the eight qualifying events for the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, each organized by different ISU Members across the world.
1st event Courchevel, France August 21-25, 2002 2nd event Belgrade, Yugoslavia September 12-15, 2002 3rd event Phoenix, USA September 19-22, 2002 4th event Montreal, Canada September 26-29, 2002 5th event Bratislava, Slovak Republic October 3-6, 2002 6th event Chemnitz, Germany October 10-13, 2002 7th event Beijing, China October 17-20, 2002 8th event Milan, Italy October 30-November 3, 2002 Final The Hague, Netherlands December 12-15, 2002
At each of the eight events, the top skaters are awarded points and prize money provided by the ISU. The top 8 Men, Ladies, Pairs and Dance Couples in the overall standings will qualify to compete at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in The Hague, Netherlands on December 12-15, 2002. The total prize money, amounting to US$105'000 for the Junior Grand Prix Final, will be awarded to the top six athletes and couples in each category.
The global prize money per individual qualifying event is US$22'500 awarded to each medal winner for each category as follows:
Singles Pairs and Dance 1st place US$ 2'000 US$ 3'000 2nd place US$ 1'500 US$ 2'250 3rd place US$ 1'000 US$ 1'500 List of participants Junior Men 1 Keegan MURPHY CAN 2 Ken ROSE CAN 3 Jeremy COLOT FRA 4 Johan DESLOT FRA 5 Gregory REVERDIAU FRA Samory BA FRA S 6 Martin LIEBERS GER Clemens BRUMMER GER S Peter LIEBERS GER S Radomir SOUMAR GER S 7 Alexander KONDAKOV RUS 8 Alexander SHUBIN RUS 9 Luka CADEZ SLO 10 Raphael BOHREN SUI 11 Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 12 Jordan BRUNINGAN USA 13 Evan LYSACEK USA Junior Ladies 1 Melissandre FUENTES AND 2 Jacinta GREENWOOD AUS 3 Caroline LUCZYNSKI AUS 4 Megan DUHAMEL CAN 5 Signe RONKA CAN 6 Mona GRANNENFELT FIN Mari HIRVONEN FIN S Sanna REMES FIN S 7 Candice DIDIER FRA 8 Aurore PONOMARENKO FRA 9 Aurelie VERLOT FRA 10 Sabine GRÜNERT GER Christiane BERGER GER S Stefanie DANKERT GER S Veronika DIEWALD GER S Katharina HÄCKER GER S Sarah VILLANUEVA GER S Kristin WIECZOREK GER S 11 Alessandra FAIETTI ITA 12 Carolina KOSTNER ITA Sara BEIKIRCHER ITA S 13 Fleur MAXWELL LUX 14 Olga AGAPKINA RUS 15 Olga NAIDENOVA RUS Maria BUBENIKHINA RUS S 16 Alissa CZISNY USA 17 Lauren THOMAS USA 18 Kristel POPOVIC YUG Junior Pairs 1 Cathy HARVEY / Jean-Marc BABIN CAN 2 Carla MONTGOMERY / Ryan ARNOLD CAN 3 Anastasia KUZMINA / Stanislav EVDOKIMOV RUS 4 Elena RIABCHUK / Stanislav ZAKHAROV RUS 5 Julia BELOGLAZOVA / Andrei BEKH UKR Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Petro KHARCHENKO UKR S 6 Christie BACA / Scott SMITH USA 7 Sheila HARKAWAY / Brandon LARCOM USA Junior Ice Dancing 1 Melissa PIPERNO / Liam DOUGHERTY CAN 2 Valerie TAHAR / Mathieu BREMONT FRA 3 Christina BEIER / William BEIER GER 4 Joanna BUDNER / Jan MOSCICKI POL 5 Oksana DOMNINA / Maxim SHABALIN RUS 6 Victoria DEVINS / Kevin O'KEEFE USA 7 Flo STEED / Augie HILL USA For further information please contact: Patricia Mayor, or Mrs. Alexia Desnoulez, Sports Coordinator Figure Skating Press Officer Tel. +41 21 612 66 66 Tel: +33 4 79 01 44 18 Fax. +41 21 612 66 77 Fax: +33 4 79 08 15 63 E-mail: mayor@isu.ch E-mail: alexia@courchevel.com